SOLUTION: Jimmy charged $39.95 for bottle of red wine and $30.49 for a bottle of white wine.Jimmy made $1456.10 for selling 40 bottles of wine. How many bottles of each type were sold?
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Question 968018: Jimmy charged $39.95 for bottle of red wine and $30.49 for a bottle of white wine.Jimmy made $1456.10 for selling 40 bottles of wine. How many bottles of each type were sold? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of bottles of red wine sold
Let = number of bottles of white wine sold
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Multiply both sides of (1) by
and subtract (1) from (2)
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(1)
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and
(1)
(1)
25 bottles of red and 15 bottles of white were sold
